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Vienna Austria

Hi lovelies,

Today was Vienna. What a beautiful city, and so super clean. We even saw one man cleaning the outside of a rubbish bin.
Christmas market sign - being silly again

Lots of historic buildings with statues and adornments everywhere


view from our boat

The day started with a bus tour of the city and then a walking tour of the inner city.



you can take a 20min ride for 55 Euros ($100 aus)

Lots of historic monuments

Roman remains of a fort


Black Death statue

Churches
Famous St Stephen's church - St of Stone workers



And buildings.

It was freezing here

We found 4 of the 15 Christmas markets that were on offer. Lots of wonderful things to see. One thing we noticed about the stalls today is that they were selling a lot of mass produced items rather than handmade.



We did find apple strudel punch, which is served warm and was very nice.
Keepsake cups you can keep and reuse small cost

After another few hours we managed to find where to meet the bus to return to the ship.
Old trams here as well.

Then a rest was in order.

With our short blog can you guess we are pretty tired tonight.

Stay safe and keep enjoying life.

Saw a t-shirts etc in the shop today with a sign saying "No Kangaroos in Austria" Showed them my scarf with kangaroos on it had a laugh.
Other random stuff here as well.
mechanised clock

sugar decorations


Love us.
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